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containerd

Open Source

About containerd

containerd is a daemon for Linux and Windows that manages the container lifecycle, including image transfer and storage, container execution and supervision, low-level storage, and network attachments.

Key Capabilities

  • OCI Image Specification support
  • Container lifecycle management and supervision
  • Multi-tenant support with CAS storage
  • Network namespace and interface management
  • Integration with Kubernetes SIG-Node

Integrations

KubernetesrunC OCI Runtime

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Quick Facts

containerd.io
CategoryCloud Infrastructure
PricingOpen Source
DeploymentOn-Premises, Open Source
Target SizeEnterprise